AgdaPkt 2016-04-25 Closed and Joint SA PFA

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7.B. - Page 4 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW As the lead agency, the City of Redwood City determined that the U.S. Highway 101 Undercrossing Project is considered a project under CEQA Guidelines, and the City prepared an IS/MND. The scope of the environmental analysis for the Undercrossing Project included work on a nearby pump station, referred to as the Bair Island Road Storm Drain Pump Station Project in the IS/MND. The IS/MND found that the project would create a significant environmental impact with respect to air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hydrology and water quality, and noise. With the implementation of mitigation measures as outlined in the MMRP (Attachment 3), all identified impacts would be reduced to less than significant levels. The IS/MND was released for a 30-day public comment period on August 23, 2013 and ending on September 23, 2013. Two (2) comment letters were received during this timeframe (Attachment 8). Attached are the City's responses to the comment letters (Attachment 9). On October 15, 2013, staff presented the project and the IS/MND to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. 13-24 recommending that City Council adopt the IS/MND, adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP), and approve the project design. The IS/MND reviewed by the Planning Commission was prepared to consider both the Undercrossing Project and the Pump Station Project together, though the scope and timeframes of the projects were completely separate and independent of one another. Though both projects were evaluated under the same CEQA analysis, the City moved forward with the Pump Station Project independent of the Undercrossing Project and on January 24, 2014, City Council determined that the Pump Station Project was categorically exempt under CEQA exemption criteria set forth in Section 15301, "Existing Facilities," and Section 15308, "Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment," and awarded a construction contract for the Pump Station Project. Based on substantial evidence in light of the whole record, staff has prepared an Addendum to Initial Study/Mitigated Negaive Declaration for the U.S. Highway 101 Pedestrian Undercrossing and Bair Island Road Storm Drain Pump Station Project dated April 2016 documenting changes to the project, analyzing the effects of new regulations, identifying nearby projects that were not in place when the IS/MND was prepared and confirming that the IS/MND constitutes an adequate, accurate, objective, and complete review of the environmental effects of the U.S. 101 Pedestrian Undercrossing Project. The Addendum concludes that the project would not result in the identification of new significant environmental impacts nor substantially increase the severity of previously identified significant environmental impacts, and that no additional mitigation measures will be required beyond those already identified.